Pomodoro East

Went there on new years eve; outstanding food and service. This place is a well kept secret. Well worth every penny and impressed with the quality of food. The veal marsela was top notch.

I know this place seems like it would be a home run to the eye… but I experienced a few issues during my dinner. There were several dine in tables open and we waited over 20 minutes to be seated… The food was good and basic for Nashville but if you want to compare it to New York or Boston. it’s kind of laughable. The chicken was cooked perfectly but the sauce was basic. Our waiter was actually really cool… maybe I hit an off night but wasn’t too impressed for the price.

Phenomenal food, and great wine list! Collin was our server, and was super friendly and knowledgeable about the menu. Very nice experience!

I thought it was pretty subpar Italian food, especially for a foodie city. Maybe I just ordered the wrong thing. Or that is what I’d like to believe. Started with some olives and fried mozzarella. The olives were olives. Pretty hard to mess up. The mozzarella was lacking. For my entrée I had some butternut squash and lemon pasta and it was really hard to taste anything butternutty about it, which was disappointing. The atmosphere was fine — not too crazy for a Saturday night and the service was attentive. Not sure I’d make it a point to go back.

The food is great. You don’t want to miss happy hour from 430 to 6. A lot of options on their menu. I had the mixed green salad, calamari, and the baked penne… All of their food is super delicious. For dinner time they serve this cornbread with a sauce… Different right… Right! Since I came for happy hour, we weren’t served the cornbread which is fine. When you come, make sure you sit in front of the kitchen, is practically an open area for the most part. I would say the best part about it is that the aroma is one you can’t recreate… It just smells soooooooooo good. Everything looks great. Some of the walls are wood panel, brick, or tin… It just depends on where you sit. The décor of great! Ambiance, atmosphere, libations, and food… All great. That happy hour menu, you don’t want to miss it. They do have limited hours as a restaurant. I also had the cucumber drink… Not sure exactly what it is but it was really good. My waitress for the evening was excellent! I wish I remembered her name, very nice and patient with/​towards us. I will be back.

I had been wanting to try Pomodoro East for a while, so maybe my anticipation had just heightened my expectations. It was ok, nothing too special. I ate pizza and the olives appetizer. I was disappointed that the olives didn’t come with any focaccia bread. I assumed it was a norm to serve breads with olives. The pizza was pretty good. My group didn’t love anything too much, which is why it was merely an A-​OK experience.

Food is fantastic as is the atmosphere. Their patio is great on a nice evening or for brunch. The staff there is always helpful and have thoughtful suggestions. Happy hour at Pomodoro is the best. Great cocktails and wines for $ 5 plus some of their best bites for under $ 10.
Great place for a date/​girls night.

Never had a bad experience here and beg several times, both by myself and with friends. First time I came for happy hour and was pleasantly surprised by both food and drink being $ 5, and delicious! Dinner is yummy and today I came for brunch and was greated with a different menu: blueberry hazelnut bread pudding with tripled Berry whiskey sauce, tiramisu waffle, Tuscan donuts filled with tiramisu cream, meatball Benedict and what I got: prosciutto omelet. There were so many other good looking things on the menu (and it wasn’t packed at noon) that I’m already planning when I will be back to try the other things. By the way, the ambiance is great and the outside patio is delightful as well, in a peaceful part of town.

Ate here on Sunday night. Arrived as Happy Hour was ending so we had to wait a bit for a table on the patio, but we enjoyed a cocktail and charcuterie plate inside at the bar.
The Spicy Dirty Martini (I forget the official name) was interesting, however I was only interested in drinking one of those that evening. Table opened up pretty quickly and were seated on the outdoor patio.
We ordered two Pinot Noirs by the glass and were pleased with the by the glass option taste. For dinner we had the Vegetable Lasagna and Pasta Bolognese. I loved the thin wide noodles used in the Bolognese as it paired very well with the thicker meat sauce and left me feeling satisfied and not full. The Vegetable Lasagna was unique and tasty with the pesto, asparagus and mushroom combination. Again the pasta noodles used were thinner than normal and that was a big positive!
I’ll definitely be back again — maybe next time for brunch.

Wednesday night, 6:00, walked in and grabbed a table at the bar. Cute place, great service, good food. Had the carpaccio, calamari, and shrimp scampi pizza. All were very, very good. Can’t wait to go back. Did I mention the service was excellent?

Great place. Gotta go! Food is locally sourced and high quality. Great tasting dinner options. Haven’t eaten there for lunch. Predominantly Italian foods. Pizza is great and prepared in a wood fired oven. Reclaimed wood and cozy atmosphere. My wife and I looked into having our rehearsal dinner here and they are ready for those events but we ended up going with another. Great people. Great service. Good outdoor seating for fall and spring. Parking can be challenging on busy weekends.
Great brunch. The cream donuts are amazing. Can’t get them anywhere else in Nashville. Awesome mimosas and Bloody Mary bar. Beer selection is small but has good variety. Dessert options are few but pretty good.
If you’re looking for a place to go when other places are packed with long waits, this is a perfect back up. We no longer go to those places and just move straight here. Small waits when there happens to be. Definitely worth the extra drive into east Nashville. Our guests and we are always pleased.

Checked out Pomodoro East for Burger Week with a friend. I’d never been here before and, to be honest, I’d never had an interest in going here for anything. I don’t really get excited about Italian food…
Anyhow, we came during their happy hour and I ordered a martini that tasted like a mix between a lemon drop and a mojito. Yum! It was a little sweet, even for someone with an insane sweet tooth like me, but it was delicious!
Next came the main event: their Italian Burger. I don’t even know where to start. It was phenomenal!!! Granted I had low expectations from the jump, but it was probably the best burger I’ve had in a very long time. Such a pleasant surprise! Here’s a description in case you’re curious:
«Beef burger served on a brioche bun with sun-​dried tomato mustard, red onion jam (freaking amazing), Caesar dressed romaine, provolone cheese and fennel pickles, served with rosemary Parmesan fries.»
@_@ It was soooo good! Who knew an Italian place could do burgers so well?! If they find a way to bring this onto the menu for keeps, I’ll definitely be at Pomodoro East way more often.
The staff was really friendly too! Unfortunately I’ve had too many run-​ins with rude and blasé East Nasty servers, so I was expecting that again. But our host and waitress were great. All together, the food, drinks, and people left me with a great impression of Pomodoro East.

My fiancé and I decided to try their brunch, and drove all the way down from Clarksville! We were so excited to try their menu. We had a reservation at 11:30 and showed up a little early, but we were seated right away. We both ordered the tiramisu waffle because that was what we based our decision on to come to PE for food. After we ordered, our server informed us they «ran out» of the tiramisu waffles. WHAT!!! Does that mean they’re frozen waffles? Bleh. We replaced our orders with other items which were delicious, but we were just kind of confused and disappointed.
We may come back, but apparently we need to get there early so we can order what we want.

Very clean and nice atmosphere. The main dining room was a little close set due to several large groups, so when being seated, we asked for a table a little farther away from a large group and the hostess told us they were all «reserved.» I wasn’t surprised to find that 1.5 hours later, one of the three requested tables was… still available. Nice attempt to appear exclusive — I’ll conform and make resos next time I come to Hipsterville. Anyway, we had the ahi tuna Caesar salad entrée, the chicken Parm, and the tiramisu, and they were all very good. The Caesar was the best. There aren’t a lot of selections on the menu and not very many traditional Italian dishes, but I don’t think you’ll have a problem finding something you’ll like.

I’m a little disappointed in the website experience. I loved the bucatini carbonara and called to place an order and they had taken it off the menu and not updated their menu online to reflect the change to some vege pasta dish. Got my hopes up to only be crushed when the rude young lady on the phone exclaimed «we dont have that»… Womp womp

My mom and I went here last night and I think this place is the best Italian I’ve had in Nashville. Nice ambience, very good food (the shrimp piccata pasta was amazing), good service. I also liked the very creative menu.

I have never bothered to write a Unilocal review before but this place was worth it. Food was out of this world delicious. The dishes were creative and upscale. Our server was of course attentive and knowledgable. But the best part was that the prices were incredibly reasonable even though the food was the same quality as more expense restaurants in town. Very impressed and we will return.

Great happy hour! We had to sit at the bar because the patio was full but they let us watch NBA at the bar Cavs vs Orlando eventhough NBA is a weird term in Tennessee. The drinks are amazing, bartender really attentive and friendly. I would go back to try the brick oven pizzas but Happy Hour was everything you could ask for on a Sunday afternoon.

Allowed me to leave a review in Spanish for 357.000 Latinos in Tennessee.
primero quiero hacer notar el order y la limpieza, la comida estuvo muy bien presentada y los tragos realmente buenos, el estacionamiento ademas de gratis es espacioso, el happy hour, asi como el menu fueron mas que convenientes por precio y calidad, pero quiero hacer un especial mencion al excelente trato de los meseros. sin dudas un lugar para recomendar y volver, definitivamente esta en nuestro top 5 list en Nashville. totalmente recomendable! un truco: hagan reservaciones por adelantado el sitio esta de moda y todo el mundo quiere estar ahi, especialmente los fines de semana.
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What a disappointing place. We ended up going here on a Wednesday night, it was empty. The waiters and chef were standing around the bar and talking — which is fine when it was slow, but our food came out not tasting well so you think the chef would care more.
The service was very nice though, very kind and tried to fix problems. We ordered an appetizer and received bread and fried calamari — both were good, not amazing. I ordered homemade pasta with meat sauce and my husband ordered the steak. His was overcooked and mine was horribly bland. I said the sauce had no flavor and really wasnt seasoned well nor had flavor. They said their sauce isnt different than the typical type of bolognese and some people dont like it. I ended up sending both our entrees back and decided to leave. They brought us out a dessert as an apology– which was really good, and a kind gesture– but I wouldnt go back.